“SARS-CoV-2 was not isolated by scientists. There is no COVID-19.”
Vera Files rated this: False
Health
4,075 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“Drinking 10 glasses of water a day can treat bladder cancer”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Welcome celebrations at Mukesh Ambani’s residence for his grandson amid COVID-19 pandemic”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: Video shared in the post is an old one. This video shows Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at Mukesh Ambani’s home Antilia in September 2019. This event was organized before COVID-19 virus spread in India
“CDC COVID-19 survival rates” are 99.997% for people ages 0 to 19, 99.98% for people ages 20 to 49, 99.5% for people ages 50 to 69, and 94.6% for people over 70.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“If Pakistan develops a corona vaccine, it will never give it to Israel or India - Pak PM Imran Khan”
Vishvas News rated this: FALSE
Vishvas News says: PM Imran Khan has not made any such statement on giving covid-19 vaccine to India or Israel.
“Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine caused Bell's palsy in its clinical trial participants. Photos show participants who developed Bell's palsy.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“Photo of the Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine (vaporizer cartridge) which is made in China”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is given as a shot in the muscle of the upper arm, not inhaled as vapour. The ‘Pfizer’ company has clarified to Reuters that the vaporizer cartridge is fake.
“Says COVID-19 relief bill “provides more funding to foreign governments and to American arts centers, than to the American people.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The post conflates provisions of the $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill with provisions of a separate, $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill. Both were part of a broader $2.3 trillion package approved by Congress.
“The deaths of six people during its clinical trials were the effect of Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“The woman in photo is Maria Nena Manzanilla who has a tumor in her eye and needs medical assistance.”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Nurse passes out on live TV after taking vaccine.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The video omits important context: the nurse has a medical history of becoming dizzy even after minimal pain.
“There is "not a real medical pandemic”
BBC Reality Check rated this: This is false.
“Video shows "nurse pass out after receiving the COVID vaccine. It's so safe though, right?”
FactCheck.org rated this: Not caused by vaccine
FactCheck.org says: Anti-vaccine Facebook pages used an edited news clip to suggest the COVID-19 vaccine is unsafe. The clip shows a nurse fainting, but it doesn’t show her recovery afterward when she explains that she is prone to fainting.
“21% of people are having serious adverse events from (the Moderna) vaccine.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The actual number is .5% had serious adverse events, basically the same for the placebo group.
“A collage of two pictures showing a corpse wrapped in white with rose petals and a sleeping girl with Shahid Afridi standing next to her is viral on social media with a claim that Afridi’s daughter died of blood cancer”
Vishvas News rated this: FALSE
Vishvas News says: Director of Centre for Excellence in Journalism, Pakistan refuted the claims clarifying the rumours about Afridi’s daughter is viral on social media even since 2016.
“A machine named MedBed is invented that can cure any disease in 2.5 minutes”
THIP Media rated this: False
“A nurse in Alabama has died approx 8-10 hours after receiving her C-19 vaccine.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: A false claim that a nurse died after getting the COVID-19 vaccine in Alabama has been feeding into the anti-vaccine disinformation online. Alabama’s health department reported that no one who got the vaccine has died.
“Says the new coronavirus vaccines contain toxic ingredients and are more dangerous than getting COVID-19.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“An Austrian politician “exposed the defectiveness of the government’s Covid-19 tests by demonstrating how even a glass of Coca Cola will test positive for Covid-19.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The politician proved not that the testing device is defective, but rather that he did the test incorrectly.
“CDC recommends people shave their facial hair to prevent Coronavirus”
THIP Media rated this: False